🧠 ADHD TOOL — EMOTIONAL REGULATION
My Alert Signals
My Alert Signals
DYNSEO
Recognising when I'm losing control — and acting before the red zone!
📌 How to use this tool?
This chart helps the child recognise the signals that show they are starting to lose control. The earlier you spot the signals, the easier it is to calm down! Click on the signals you recognise in yourself to mark them.
🚦 The 4 alert levels — click on your signals!
😊GREEN
✅ All good! 0 recognised
😌 I feel calm
🎯 I can concentrate
😄 I feel good
🤝 I can listen
👍 What I do:I continue my activity as normal
😐YELLOW
⚠️ Watch out, it's starting… 0 recognised
🦵 I'm fidgeting
😤 I'm sighing
🙄 I'm distracted
😒 I'm bored
🛠️ What I do:I breathe deeply, move a little, change position
😣ORANGE
🔶 It's building — I need to act! 0 recognised
💢 Heart beating fast
😤 Breathing quickly
✊ Fists clenched
🗣️ Voice getting louder
😠 I'm getting angry
🆘 What I do:I ask for a break, use my calm-down technique, step away for a moment
😡RED
🛑 STOP! I've lost control 0 recognised
😭 I scream or cry
💥 I hit / throw things
🏃 I run away
😤 I say hurtful things
🚨 What I do:I need help from an adult. I go to my quiet corner. I don't make any decisions right now.
🤔 How am I feeling right now?
Click on the colour that matches how you feel:
🧍 Where do I feel the signals in my body? — click on what you feel!
😰
Forehead hot
or sweaty
💗
Heart beating
very fast
🫁
Breathing
quickly
🤜
Fists or jaw
clenched
🦵
Legs that
won't stop moving
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Body feeling
hot or cold
📝 My personal profile
Identify YOUR own signals
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📝 Session notes
💡 Tips for SLTs and parents
- Help the child identify THEIR OWN physical signals
- Use this tool BEFORE difficult situations to prepare
- Praise the child when they recognise their alert level
- Create an action plan together for each level
- The goal is to act at YELLOW — not to wait for RED
🖨️ Poster to print
🚦 My Alert Signals
GREEN 😊 — All good! I carry on.
YELLOW 😐 — Watch out! I breathe and move.
ORANGE 😣 — It's building! I ask for a break.
RED 😡 — STOP! I need help.
🚦 Session Summary
Summary — My Alert Signals DYNSEO
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Profile ✍️
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📝 Session notes
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